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Summer School Summer School - Decentring Europe: Doing History Otherwise, 1500-present Read more Summer School
Read more 5 May 2026 Lecture Department of History Progress from the Margins. Human Rights and Disability Internationalism since the 1960s Read more
Read more 6 May 2026 Lecture Department of History Mission Report: Ottoman Diplomats and Global Knowledge in the Early 18th Century Read more
Read more 9 May 2026 Conference Joint event Circolazione dei saperi - tra storia, scienza ed economia Read more
History without borders: 50 years of studying the past in new ways at the EUI As the EUI marks 50 years, the #uniquelyEUI series opens with the Department of History, where three scholars reflect together on research legacies, dialogue across generations, and what it means to study history without borders at the EUI. Read more History without borders: 50 years of studying the past in new ways at the EUI
Seeing is not proving: Veerle Veerbeek on visual material in atrocity trials Why and how are photographs and videos of human suffering used in international criminal courts? And what do they do? In this #MyEUIResearch story, Veerle Veerbeek traces the role of visual material in the prosecution of atrocity crimes since 1945. Read more Seeing is not proving: Veerle Veerbeek on visual material in atrocity trials
Trading posts and power: Maarten Draper on the Asian origins of capitalism In this #EUIResearch interview, Maarten Draper discusses CAPASIA, a history ERC-funded project studying more than 200 European trading posts across Asia aimed at rethinking the origins of global capitalism. Read more Trading posts and power: Maarten Draper on the Asian origins of capitalism
The ideal marriage: Aliesia Soloviova on Soviet politics in everyday life What happens when ideology enters the most intimate parts of life? In this #MyEUIResearch story, Aliesia Soloviova traces how everyday family life in Soviet Ukraine quietly absorbed expectations about gender, work, and belonging. Read more The ideal marriage: Aliesia Soloviova on Soviet politics in everyday life